make distinction

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Reverence, That angel of the world, doth make distinction Of place ’tween high and low.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred

Far from me be it to make distinction between them.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.

Which of them both Is dearest to me—I have no skill in sense To make distinction.

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

I     can write very like my lady, your niece; on forgotten matter we     can hardly make distinction of our hands.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

Florence was the first to make distinction; the orator was appointed by the council of the republic; the mandatorio, with inferior powers, by the Council of Ten.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various